CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION WOMEN LAWYERS FORUM May 21, 2015 Speaking on the topic of “Building and Maintaining Your Practice: Hard Won Lessons from the Pros”

TRIAL LAWYERS OF BC April 24, 2015 Speaking on the topic of hidden
assets in divorce cases “Finding Hidden Assets:Getting Blood From a Stone”

CBC RADIO April 16, 2015 Debate between lawyer Georgialee Lang and Osgoode Hall Law Professor Allan Hutchinson: Is the Supreme Court of Canada too activist? Go to CBC.ca 180 Show with Host Jim Brown to listen to the debate.

CBC RADIO October 1, 2014 Interview with Mark Forsythe on the billions of dollars in unpaid child and spousal support;

SHAW CABLE September 18, 2014 Interviewed on the David Berner Show on equal parenting after divorce;

NATIONAL FAMILY LAW CONFERENCE July 16, 2014 at Whistler, BC Speaking and delivering a paper titled When Income and Assets Collide

NEWSWISE FATHER’S DAY PRESS CONFERENCE June 2014 live streamed with actor Jason Patric and Dr. Warren Farrell on shared parenting after divorce.

VANCOUVER SUN March 7, 2014 Interview with reporter Rob Shaw on the delay in receiving judges’ decisions in B.C.’s Provincial Family Court;

MEDIA INTERVIEW March 24, 2011 Interview with CBC Radio on Child Abduction with reporter Jason Proctor

INNS OF COURT March 9, 2011. Presentation on Lawyers and the Media

MEDIA INTERVIEW February 22, 2011 on the Fanny Kiefer Show on Shaw Cable Channel 4 on the topic "What's New in Family Law"

MEDIA INTERVIEW December 23, 2010 with Michael Campbell on the Bill Good Show on CKNW. The topic was the access dilemma that arises every Christmas for divorced couples who cannot agree on holiday parenting time.

MEDIA INTERVIEW November 23, 2010 with Christy Clark on her show on CKNW. We discussed the polygamy test case that is being heard in the British Columbia Supreme Court over the next several months. The key issue is whether Canada will legalize polygamy.

FAMILY LAW ADVOCATES GROUP October 27, 2010 at the Sutton Place Hotel in Vancouver. Topic: The Wacky World of Family Law.

MEDIA INTERVIEW Interview on October 26, 2010 with Christy Clark on her show on CKNW. The discussion was about a woman in British Columbia who has brought a claim to discover who her sperm donor "father" is.

RADIO NEW ZEALAND Interview on October 25, 2010 on Jim Mora's show The Panel. Topic: The Circus has Come to Town: Randy Quaid

MEDIA INTERVIEW Interview on August 4, 2010 with Christy Clark on her show on CKNW. I discussed the topic of parents suing their adult children for parental support.

This Conference is held in Vancouver every ten years. Leading trial and appellate counsel will be speaking on a variety of litigation topics. I will be addressing the topic: How to prepare a Family Law case for Trial.

MEDIA INTERVIEW on Tuesday July 20, 2010 with Bill Good from CKNW Radio on the government recommendations to amend the Family Relations Act.

MEDIA INTERVIEW on Tuesday July 20, 2010 with Mark Forsyth from CBC Radio on the government recommendations to amend the Family Relations Act.

MEDIA INTERVIEW on Tuesday July 20, 2010 for CITY TV on the government recommendations to amend the Family Relations Act.

MEDIA INTERVIEWS On Monday July 19, 2010 I was interviewed by multiple journalists on the new family law rules. My comments were included in articles in the Vancouver Sun, the Globe and Mail, the National Post and other regional newspapers.

ICONNECT WOMEN’S CONFERENCE

On April 19, 2010 I spoke to a group of 325 women at Broadway Church 2700 East Broadway Street, Vancouver on the topic “Fear and Forgiveness”.

My presentation focused on women’s fear and anxiety that that they are not pretty enough, not smart enough and not entitled to be successful. I also focused on mistakes women make and why they need to forgive themselves to move forward in their lives.

I was humbled to receive a standing ovation at the conclusion of my speech. It was clear to me that this topic resonated with many of the women in attendance.

8) ADVOCIIS CONFERENCE OCTOBER 2009

I spoke to 100 plus financial planners at the Morris Wosk Center in Vancouver on the topics of family and estate law in retirement planning.

FAMILY LAW CONFERENCE CLE JULY 2009

My presentation was entitled "The Future is Now". I spoke to over 300 family law lawyers about three recent decisions of our court, namely, Chutter v. Chutter BCCA, Stein v. Stein SCC, and Rick v. Brandsema BCCA and SCC. I was counsel in each of the three cases.

Chutter was a case where the wife left a very long marriage with the ability to work part-time as a dental hygienist and the sum of $4 million as her share of the family assets. The question before the BCCA was "when does a spouse receive enough capital to disentitle her to spousal support?". The Appeal Court found that $4 million was not enough because it included non-income producing property such as her $2 million home and her $1 million RRSP. The Court awarded Ms. Chutter indefinite support of $2800.00 per month, a sum that was less than what the Spousal Support Guidelines called for.

In Stein, the Supreme Court of Canada was asked to determine whether a contingent income tax debt related to a tax shelter owned by the husband was a family debt that ought to be a shared responsibility of the former spouses. The Court said that it was a family debt, since the wife participated in the benefits of the tax shelter, she must also share in the burden.

In Rick v. Brandsema the Court focused on whether the husband's disclosure of financial information and documents, at the date a separation agreement was being negotiated, was in accordance with family law statutes and the common law. The Court found that the disclosure was inadequate, particularly when it was coupled with the wife's significant vulnerabilities.

I am writing a novel in which a fugitive from 1880’s Montreal escapes into New York with the intention of seeking asylum in South America. He is pursued by a Canadian Pinkerton agent. Any ideas of what international rules the bounty hunter/detective would have needed to obey to bring his man back to Quebec? For instance, getting an American law officer’s permission? Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Your novel sounds fascinating. I could be wrong, but my understanding is that Pinkerton’s was a strictly American agency that sent American agents to Canada to do work for their Canadian clients, including the Canadian government and Canadian companies. Check out a book called “Call in Pinkertons” by David Ricardo Williams.

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